02479oam 2200421 450 991077488030332120230725053151.0(CKB)3460000000088072(NjHacI)993460000000088072(EXLCZ)99346000000008807220180722c2010uuuu uu 0enguubu#---uu|uutxtrdacontentnrdamediancrdacarrierLanguage, cognition and identity extension of the endocentric/ exocentric language typology /edited by Emanuela Cresti, Iørn KorzenFirenze :Firenze University Press,20101 online resource (226 pages) illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca ;109Print version: 9788864532202 Includes bibliographical references.An endocentric language is a language whose verbs are lexically precise and concrete whereas its nouns are abstract and vague. An exocentric language has lexically precise and concrete nouns and abstract verbs. The Germanic languages prove to be endocentric and the Romance languages exocentric. The lexical differences entail differences at other levels as well, linguistic as well as extralinguistic. This multilingual volume contains a selection of papers presented at the two day Italian-Danish linguistic seminar Lingua, cognizione e identità: estensioni della tipologia delle lingue endo- ed esocentriche held at the Italian Department of the University of Florence on the 22nd and 23rd of September 2009. The papers challenge the endo-/exocentric approach at various levels (lexicon, grammar, language infrastructures, socio cultural reflections) with examples from the Romance languages (Italian and French) and the Germanic languages (English, German and Danish).Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca ;109.Typology (Linguistics)CongressesIndo-European languagesGrammarCongressesIndo-European languagesClassificationCongressesTypology (Linguistics)Indo-European languagesGrammarIndo-European languagesClassification415Cresti EmanuelaKorzen IørnUkMaJRUBOOK9910774880303321Language, cognition and identity2924834UNINA